<p>How tough are the admissions standards at UIC? It looks like a great school and the admission comment that i saw says "Moderately difficult entrance level, 62% of applicants were admitted." Right now i am a college student with, or will have, 60 credit hours and a 3.0 gpa. Good enough?</p>
<p>UI - Urbana-Champlain is one of the best flagship universities in the country along with Michigan-Ann Arbor, Wisconsin-Madison, UNC-Chapel Hill, UVA, UT-Austin, UCLA, Berkeley, ... </p>
<p>UI-Chicago is not nearly as difficult for admissions. However, you haven't really supplied enough information. The 3.0 gpa may sound low to some people on CC, but this is a college gpa and not a high school gpa. </p>
<p>According to the UIC website, the average 1st semester gpa of UIC freshmen is 2.74. The average ACT for incoming freshmen is 23 (SAT=1070). I suspect that you would be admitted, especially if you are in-state. You might talk to one of the advisors at your college who has experience with UIC admissions.</p>
<p>Right, i had like a 3.8 gpa in high school but it is a lot harder to get A's in college than high school. You really have to work for them. I used to get A's in high school and i never did home work or studied.</p>
<p>Anyway, i went up there today(so yes, i am in state) seemed pretty cool. Really one of the only reasons that i wanted to go to UIUC was because it was an urban environment but hell, i don't think you get much more urban than downtown Chicago. This is now my top choice for school.</p>
<p>It is a shock to people when they find out in college that the grading is harder. A lot of people think they have to have a 4.0 in order to go to med school. I won't say that it is impossible to get a 4.0 in college, but if anyone does, it will probably be somebody so smart that they could probably do it anywhere in the known galaxy. Yes, the University of Vulcan, too.</p>
<p>As a transfer student, they will view your gpa in that light. You probably can get a pretty good idea of your chances from your college advisor.</p>
<p>Chicago is too cold.</p>
<p>I don't trust my college advisors. They said i would have no problem getting into UIUC but then i was rejected right away, not even deferred. </p>
<p>My gpa is pretty good from what i can tell. At worst i have a 3.0 but it could be higher. Last semester i got a 3.2 and UIC is not any where as hard to get into as UIUC.</p>
<p>It is hard to predict admissions to the elite colleges. I'm not sure if "deferred" applies in this case. You can only be deferred from ED which may not apply for transfers. (Some colleges have priority deadlines but that is not the same as ED.) I saw some of your other posts. Don't take it personally. UIUC is one of the best colleges in the country.</p>
<p>You might be somewhat wary of believing them, but you could still your advisors just to see what they say. It is unfortunate that they were so encouraging about UIUC. You can NEVER tell what the adcoms will do.</p>
<p>I do feel a bit discouraged at this point, as i have yet to actually be accepted to college. Right now i am 0-1, which sucks. Lets just hope this University of Illinois works out. </p>
<p>Also, if anyone knows what an easy major to get into at UIC, that could help. Somewhere in the LAS area. I pretty much qualify for any of the programs.</p>
<p>Obviously I don't have much info and it wouldn't help if I had more, but if your advisors thought that UIUC was good for you, then UIC sounds pretty solid.</p>
<p>I'm not clear on how many colleges you have applied to. (The vast bulk of the entering freshman applicants won't hear anything from anywhere until April 1st.) I would recommend that you stay flexible and not get married to any one school. Maybe you should look around for more schools just to create a comfort zone. Univ of Pittsburgh (Pitt) has rolling admissions and it is very nice and in downtown Pittsburgh. Believe it or not, Pittsburgh is a very nice city now. It is nothing like the old days. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well, i am not a high school senior, i am a sophmore at a community college who will be transfering in as a junior. Right now i have a few options.</p>
<ol>
<li>Do really well this semester and try to go to UIUC next January. The more i think about it, the less i care about going to UIUC. </li>
<li>Apply at UIC</li>
<li>Apply at Western Illinois University</li>
<li>Apply at Southern Illinois</li>
<li>Drop out of college and work at UPS. $8 an hour, can't beat that with a stick.</li>
</ol>
<p>You're fine. I think your tough choice is whether to go to UIC or try again at UIUC which is a more prestigious school.</p>
<p>I think that at this point, UIUC is too iffy. Even if i got a 4.0 this semester, i would only have a 3.4 over all gpa. I will probably still apply for january transfer but i am not counting on ever getting in. I only have two years left of college(assuming that i don't go for an advanced degree, which i do plan to do). The dream of going to UIUC was only for how great champaign is but if i can live in chicago, that would be just as good, if not better.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me an LAS major at UIC that is easy to get into? I tried political science for UIUC but that was a very popular major(which is probably one of the reasons for my rejection) and i don't want that to happen again. It doesn't really matter what i go for, i just need something for pre-law. Really, any LAS should do which is some kind of social science. The requirments are all pretty much the same and all the subjects are pretty much the same, so i don't care what it is. </p>
<p>If anyone knows an easy las major to get into, please let me know.</p>
<p>What is a flagship university?</p>
<p>Those are schools that are considered the best in the country. Any of your ivy leagues. UIUC is considered a public ivy league school. </p>
<p>Any way, LAS major advice?</p>
<p>no major advice but I think you should also look into Northern Illinois U and Northeastern U (in Chicago but not downtown) GOOD LUCK</p>
<p>My thoughts on Northern illinois university are as follows. I will drop out of college and work as a bus boy for the rest of my life, before i go to Northern. I don't even like to drive near dekalb, let alone live there for the next few years. I would not go to Northern Illinois University if my life depended on it. If someone told me that they would cut my head off if i didn't go to northern, i still would not go to northern. I would rather live in a Turkish prison, then live in a dorm at Northern. There is no way, as god as my witness, that i i will ever, EVER go to Northern. </p>
<p>No offense to anyone who goes there.</p>
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What is a flagship university?
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<p>The state universities typically have more than one campus in a state. Each campus is autonomous and has its own admissions and operations. There is usually one campus in particular that you would call the flagship university. (This isn't always true. Consider California.)</p>
<p>UNC - Chapel Hill
Michigan - Ann Arbor
Wisconsin - Madison
Massachusetts - Amherst
Maryland - College Park
Illinois - Urbana Champlain
Texas - Austin
and so on</p>
<p>My god. I looked up Northeastern, i have never even seen this rating "Minimally difficult entrance level, 75% of applicants were admitted". Plus about 65% of the students are women. Where is it in chicago? Sounds like my kind of college. I could probaby smash my head against the keyboard for my entrance essays and get in no problem. </p>
<p>No offense to anyone who goes there.</p>
<p>I'm guessing ^ that's sacasm but nonetheless it's on the north side of Chicago</p>
<p>The only problem with Northeastern is that there are no dorms and that ride out to chicago aint fun and there is no way i am going to do it everyday. Plus, i don't think i could afford an apartment on the north side of chicago with...um...no income. I'll pass on it.</p>